Beholding God's Glory: A Journey of Transformation
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"God on this transfiguration Sunday we're reminded how awesome and glorious you are god there are so many times where we try to reason with you or use our logic to understand you but the story that we learn about today defies all logic and explanation and how wonderful it is to have that glorious god on our team that we get to be on his team so that when we have these circumstances where we need healing where we need refreshment where we need boldness where we need energy god we know that it's that god that comes in to save the day for us." [00:15:44]
"About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John, and James with him and went up into a mountain to pray. As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem." [00:21:27]
"While he was speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. A voice came from the cloud saying, This is my son, whom I have chosen. Listen to him. When the voice had spoken, they found that Jesus was alone. The disciples kept this to themselves and did not tell anyone at the time what had been seen." [00:22:17]
"In Exodus chapter 33, we learn that Moses led the people out of Egypt and through the wilderness. He would meet with God as he met with each other, like we would meet with each other. He met with God face to face. In chapter 33, verse 11, it tells us they met like two people talking to each other face to face." [00:23:09]
"God's glory was too much for Moses to see face to face. Moses didn't have the freedom to look upon God. So Moses comes back from that mountain after turning his back from God. And he has this glow on his face. And it's, like I said in that prayer, just mystical, almost magical. We can't imagine something like this, but we can tell it's real serious." [00:24:50]
"Sometimes we get a little bit confused about the nature of God, this God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. And we see that God expresses himself differently in different times in the Bible. And this is one of those scenarios. In this encounter, God appears differently." [00:26:48]
"So as Jesus is praying up on this mountain, he is completely transformed. His face looks different. His clothes flash white like lightning. Then, as if this is not mystical enough for these disciples who, if, like Miss Lily said, if we were to place ourselves with the disciples, we would be bewildered." [00:27:27]
"Now for some reason, the disciples get sleepy, but they stay awake and they're able to see God's glory unfold before them. They have the freedom to look. It's difficult for them, but they do have the freedom to look. So Peter, always the guy that's going to say the thing that's on his mind, right? He wants to stay in this splendor and he wants to set up some spots for Elijah, John, Peter, Jesus, Moses, and they're going to camp out forever, just in Peter fashion." [00:29:38]
"So Paul underscores this transfiguration, how important it is in 2 Corinthians chapter 3. So I'm going to read some of that to you too. He says this, Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters and on stone, came with glory, that's the Ten Commandments, the law engraved on stone, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was, will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?" [00:30:36]
"And if what was transitory came in glory, how much greater is the glory that which lasts? Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. But their minds were made dull. For to this day, the same veil remains when the Old Covenant is read. It is not to be removed because only in Christ is it taken away." [00:31:25]
"There are other differences differences between Moses's experience and the disciples here and ours. The glory of God on Moses faded. Remember, eventually he gets to take his veil off. The result of God's glory being shown to Moses in receiving the law, the Ten Commandments. In 2 Corinthians, the scripture that had lots of glory in it, we learned that the law convicted people of sin, but the gospel tells us that we are free. We need both." [00:33:34]
"Because God loved us so much, he made each one of us in his own image. You learned that in Genesis. If we can't see the face of God in someone, maybe we have veiled our own faces and cannot see God clearly in our neighbor. A veil is worse than a mask. You wear a mask and a mask keeps others from seeing you. A veil keeps both ways. You can't see others and they can't see you." [00:36:59]
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"About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John, and James with him and went up into a mountain to pray. As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem." [00:21:27]
"While he was speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. A voice came from the cloud saying, This is my son, whom I have chosen. Listen to him. When the voice had spoken, they found that Jesus was alone. The disciples kept this to themselves and did not tell anyone at the time what had been seen." [00:22:17]
"In Exodus chapter 33, we learn that Moses led the people out of Egypt and through the wilderness. He would meet with God as he met with each other, like we would meet with each other. He met with God face to face. In chapter 33, verse 11, it tells us they met like two people talking to each other face to face." [00:23:09]
"God's glory was too much for Moses to see face to face. Moses didn't have the freedom to look upon God. So Moses comes back from that mountain after turning his back from God. And he has this glow on his face. And it's, like I said in that prayer, just mystical, almost magical. We can't imagine something like this, but we can tell it's real serious." [00:24:50]
"Sometimes we get a little bit confused about the nature of God, this God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. And we see that God expresses himself differently in different times in the Bible. And this is one of those scenarios. In this encounter, God appears differently." [00:26:48]
"So as Jesus is praying up on this mountain, he is completely transformed. His face looks different. His clothes flash white like lightning. Then, as if this is not mystical enough for these disciples who, if, like Miss Lily said, if we were to place ourselves with the disciples, we would be bewildered." [00:27:27]
"Now for some reason, the disciples get sleepy, but they stay awake and they're able to see God's glory unfold before them. They have the freedom to look. It's difficult for them, but they do have the freedom to look. So Peter, always the guy that's going to say the thing that's on his mind, right? He wants to stay in this splendor and he wants to set up some spots for Elijah, John, Peter, Jesus, Moses, and they're going to camp out forever, just in Peter fashion." [00:29:38]
"So Paul underscores this transfiguration, how important it is in 2 Corinthians chapter 3. So I'm going to read some of that to you too. He says this, Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters and on stone, came with glory, that's the Ten Commandments, the law engraved on stone, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was, will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?" [00:30:36]
"And if what was transitory came in glory, how much greater is the glory that which lasts? Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. But their minds were made dull. For to this day, the same veil remains when the Old Covenant is read. It is not to be removed because only in Christ is it taken away." [00:31:25]
"There are other differences differences between Moses's experience and the disciples here and ours. The glory of God on Moses faded. Remember, eventually he gets to take his veil off. The result of God's glory being shown to Moses in receiving the law, the Ten Commandments. In 2 Corinthians, the scripture that had lots of glory in it, we learned that the law convicted people of sin, but the gospel tells us that we are free. We need both." [00:33:34]
"Because God loved us so much, he made each one of us in his own image. You learned that in Genesis. If we can't see the face of God in someone, maybe we have veiled our own faces and cannot see God clearly in our neighbor. A veil is worse than a mask. You wear a mask and a mask keeps others from seeing you. A veil keeps both ways. You can't see others and they can't see you." [00:36:59]
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